Our Advocates

Between 1989 and 2023, more than 350 advocates from nearly 100 countries have attended the program. HRAP participants have ranged from early-career advocates who cut their teeth in very urgent human rights situations to mid-career advocates who have founded organizations. HRAP alumni have served as UN special rapporteurs, in the ministries of their governments, and at leading human rights organizations around the globe. They have been recognized with honors including the Rafto Prize, the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award and the Martin Ennals Award for Human Rights Defenders, the highest acknowledgment from the international human rights community.

Below are the biographies of current Advocates and descriptions by select alumni as to why they became human rights advocates.

To see a list of additional past Advocates click here.

To read about more about the work of our Advocates click here .

 

Ekanem Itoro Effong, 2020
Nigeria
Tamar Ivaniadze, 2020
Georgia
Anastasiya Ilyina
Anastasiya Ilyina, 2015
Poland
Colins Imoh, 2011
Nigeria
Abu Tunde Irunukhar
Abu Tunde Irunukhar, 2011
Nigeria
Chukwumuanya Igboekwu
Chukwumuanya Igboekwu, 2006
Nigeria